Ken Richmond

Kenneth Alan Richmond (26 July 1926 - 3 August 2006) was a British bronze medalist for heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and also a dockworker and sometime actor. Though he made a memorable appearance as the wrestler Nikolai in Jules Dassin's Night and the City, Richmond was most recognizable as the last shirtless gongman banging the enormous (paper) gong preceding the opening credits for J. Arthur Rank's famed British productions of the Rank Organisation movies, including Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and Kind Hearts and Coronets. He was 1.96 m (6' 5") tall. He died at age 80 in his home in Christchurch, England. Richmond, KenRichmond, KenRichmond, KenRichmond, KenRichmond, Ken